Emily Mortimer

It was just after 11:30 a.m. when Aaron Sorkin rose from the hulking leather club chair in his office to light a cigarette and announce his retirement from television. The man known for dexterous, incisive dialogue was taking a break from the throes of production on the third and final season of "The Newsroom," his polarizing ode to cable news shooting at the Sunset Gower Studios in Hollywood. And on this early May day, the midway point in filming its six-episode closeout, the HBO drama's swan song was positioned as a duet with its leader. "I know the whole 'Never say never' stuff," said Sorkin, whose TV imprint also includes "Sports Night,"...

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